In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads the final two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert. 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105

In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads the final two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion to Robert. 
<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105">https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-lamb-will-slaughter-the-lion-margaret-killjoy/7104105</a>

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It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

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Your storytime podcast for a troubled world and for those who dream of better tomorrows, Cool Zone Media Book Club brings you fiction that is one part provocative and one part cozy. Read to you by host Margaret Killjoy, this is the only book club where you don&rsquo;t have to do the reading, because we do it for you.

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CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Four

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The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump’s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case. 


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https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20 
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https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court
https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20 
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30 
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20 
https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056 
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20 
https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20  
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20 
https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/
https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20
https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308
https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20
https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092

The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump&rsquo;s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case.&nbsp;
 Sources:
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<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20">https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20">https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20">https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20">https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20">https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court">https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20">https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&amp;taid=6a92151a0602a6000171fc7b&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=bluesky">https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20">https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30">https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20">https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20">https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20">https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20">https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20">https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20">https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20">https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/">https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20">https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308">https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20">https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092">https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092</a></li>
</ul>

Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted 

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Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future. 

 

Sources:

Against the Grain by James C. Scott

Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan

Wild Thought by  Claude Lévi-Strauss

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Sources:
Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan
Wild Thought by&nbsp; Claude L&eacute;vi-Strauss
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Civilization with Andrew

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/868879fb-3566-45fa-8ed3-b4b9017fa961/transcript

Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.

 

Source:

https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H

Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.
&nbsp;
Source:
<a href="https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H">https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H</a>

The Hunt for Jason Arday

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/4dfef6fd-ddc3-4de9-bfc7-b4b9001bba13/transcript

CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Four

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